Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
Sessions
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Pokes or Hugs? How Friendships Bridge the Gap Between Digital and "Real" Worlds Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 4:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Within the Harry Potter world, friends and relationships are seen as essential. However, for members of a largely online fandom, especially for tho...
- Lecture
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
- Deathly Hallows Part II Discussion: Didn't Love It Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 9:00 PM EDT - 9:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- It's over. The movies are finished. You just saw the last one....and you didn't like it! Why do the films always have to add something extra? Why c...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Growing Up Potter and the Effects on the English Classroom Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- Growing up in the Potter generation is a life changing experience. The youth of the Potter generation had not been reading as much as previous gene...
- Lecture
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Harry Potter and the Bridge Between Two Worldviews Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Many Christians today have responded to not only J. K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” book series but also C. S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia” by demoniz...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Fantastic Names & Where to Find Them: Lessons of Onomatology in Rowling’s Harry Potter Series Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Luna, Hermione, Merope, Alastor—if one were to ask where these names originated from, the response most commonly received today would undoubtedly b...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- The Difference Between Jumpers and Sweaters: Exploring the Editorial Process of the Harry Potter Series Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Within the community of Harry Potter fans, it is a widely known fact that the British and American editions of the books are different from one ano...
- Lecture
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Harry and Hermione: Good Friends in the Books, Better Friends in the Movies Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 4:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- This class will explore the Harry/Hermione relationship in film and book, placing emphasis on differences between the two and discussing how those ...
- Lecture
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- Inside the Age Line - For our older crowd Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 8:00 PM EDT - 9:30 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Publishing, Librarianship, and the Book Industry in the Wizarding World Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 9:00 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- It should not be surprising that books which have engaged millions of readers actually include books as major plot devices, libraries and bookstore...
- Lecture
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Teach Like a Hogwarts Professor Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- Hogwarts Professors know how to hold a group of students captive, get them to turn in homework, test mastery, and adequately prepare every student ...
- Workshop
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- HP Speed Meeting Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Are you by yourself at LeakyCon? Just want to meet new friends? Try Speed Meeting! Meet 10 possible friends in less than an hour! Each round lasts ...
- This Star Won’t Go Out: The Legacy of Esther Earl Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Join Wayne and Lori Earl as they celebrate the impact their daughter, Esther Earl, had on her friends, family and the Harry Potter fan community. H...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- The Wizarding World in (My Own) Contemporary, Canadian, Published Poetry! Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Christine Lowther will be doing a poetry reading from her new book, The Half-Blood Poems, published by Zossima Press in July. Poetry is mean...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Just Keep Swimming: A Motivational Talk for New Authors Loews Royal Pacific Resort - Timor Sea 1
- 4:00 PM EDT - 4:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- This is a motivational talk for new authors, designed to help writers beat the “I suck” mentality. Writing is a lonely process. But we know how it ...